Word: plaintiffs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, "The Negro Lindbergh," sued Hearst's New York American for $500,000 because of a story concerning his Abyssinian adventures (TIME, Nov. 3 et seq.). In denial of the story Plaintiff Julian submitted: "That the plaintiff did not eat so much at his first meal that the Emperor ordered him driven out of the empire . . . [and] the Emperor of Abyssinia never placed [him] in manacles...
...them the stock had only partially recovered, not to "unwittingly sacrifice" their holdings. But by June it had slipped to around $40, then broke sharply to $20 when one David Adler sued for receivership. It recovered somewhat when the suit was thrown out of court and charges made that Plaintiff Adler had stock manipulations in mind. But when last week's events transpired Celotex stock was at $10?...
...Paul last fortnight U. S. District Judge John B. Sanborn punctured the defense. Said he: "The article was of value to the plaintiff from the standpoint of increasing sales of its magazine. . . . Anyone reading [the article in the Dispatch] would know what men had been selected [by Grantland Rice] and the general scheme used in their selection, and unless they were interested in Mr. Rice's lit- erary style, they would have no need for the complete article. . . . The Dispatch availed itself of the labor of Mr. Rice by appropriating the fruits of what he had done and expressed...
...Jamaica (L. I.) Municipal Court last week Charles ("Buddy") Bacon, n, sat facing a row of executives of Petro Oil Burners & Fuel Oil Co. of Jamaica. The oil executives were defendants. Buddy, as part owner and business manager of the Douglaston Weekly (his sister, Marcia, 12, is editor) was plaintiff, suing for $182 payment for advertising. Editor Bacon testified that a Mr. Matthews, erstwhile Petro salesman, asked to take a full-page advertisement for 14 issues. "I argued with him because I knew I'd have to make the paper bigger. I go to school and I have plenty...
...minutes. Judge Bartlett has a quick comprehension of marital troubles, needs few details. Children and property cause no hitch, providing the husband and wife have agreed on these matters in advance. If a defendant refuses to accept service or to appoint a Reno attorney to represent him, the plaintiff must wait an additional 40 days (not necessarily in Nevada) when a decree can be granted by default. If a defendant comes to Reno, vigorously contests a case, divorces can be obtained in Nevada with no more ease than elsewhere...